Intel's upcoming desktop processor, the Nova Lake - S, which is part of the Core Ultra 400 series, is set to hit the market between late 2026 and early 2027. This series will come with the brand - new LGA 1954 socket and can accommodate up to 52 cores. These cores are divided into 16 performance cores, 32 efficiency cores, and 4 low - power efficiency cores. A significant breakthrough of this series is the introduction of bLLC (big Last - Level Cache) technology. High - end models in this line will boast a massive cache of up to 288MB. Some compute dies will be manufactured using TSMC's 2nm process. These processors will support DDR5 - 8000 memory, offer 48 PCIe lanes, and the computing power of the NPU is anticipated to surge to 74 TOPS. To differentiate them from other models, the large - cache versions will be separately branded as the Core Ultra 400DX and Core Ultra 400D series.